DOTSON v. HARMAN

Record No. 831723.

350 S.E.2d 642 (1986)

William N. DOTSON, et al. v. Bill R. HARMAN, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Munsey (Charles E. Schelin, Browning, Morefield & Schelin, P.C., Abingdon, on brief), for appellants.

Randall B. Campbell, Lebanon, for appellees, Bill R. Harman and Dorthy W. Harman.

No brief or argument for appellee, Board of Sup'rs of Russell County.

Present: All the Justices.


RUSSELL, Justice.

The sole question in this appeal is whether the trial court correctly applied the doctrine of res judicata. We conclude that the doctrine was inapplicable and that the court erred in applying it.

In 1973, Bill R. Harman and Dorothy Woosley Harman, his wife, were the owners of a tract of land in Russell County described as Block C of the Russell County Poor Farm subdivision. The Harmans caused Block C, together with additional parts...

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